Monday, 16 January 2012

PEACE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY!

Reminders! They are a vital part of busy lives.
To help with the ever-quickening pace of life, free calendars were circulated, frequently, when I was a child. Now, print calendars are not given out so generously by businesses. Many are actually designed as works of art. That brings to mind those thick day planning books of the 80s & 90s. For the most part, electronic calendars have replaced the traditional ones.

While the iCal version is great, sometimes I just like to look at the paper version on the wall.

that reminder seemed to be reinforced by an amazing set of jet tracks in the cold blue January sky, so guess what? I wrote a poem, a small stone!

Reminder!

January 16

Calendar X marks the spot.

Reminds to observe

Martin Luther King Jr. Day with peace.

Much has changed since 1968 but the legacy of MLK, Jr., has stayed its course. His words and speeches are quoted by those seeking justice in many parts of the world, let alone the U.S. and, here, in Canada.

Sometimes its takes a day like this, even an "x" in the sky to remind us of that call to peaceful change.

That X in the sky is cool! I remember when everyone gave a calendar for their business - remember the ones that folded into a kind of triangle and saat on your desk - you'd flip the page for the next month? Anyway, that was nice. My small stone today was time-out for lunch with a friend. Thanks for explaining the small stone thing to me :-)